WOOF Ch.5 Fr. Devlin
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Deuteronomist | They wrote histories for the Israelites. |
| Deuteronomic History | Six books of the Bible: Joshua, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, and 1 and 2 Kings. |
| Introduction to the History of the israelites | The story of God's convenant with Israel before they reached the Promised Land. They were unfaithful to God and believed no one could help them. |
| Promised Land | The land of Canaan first promised to Abraham. |
| Joshua | Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land. He was completely faithful and trusting in God. |
| Rahab | A prostitute who recognized Israelite spies but hides them anyway in order to save her family. |
| Passover | A Jewish festival (8 days long) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. |
| Israelites | The ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (and especially from Isaac's son Jacob). |
| Shalom | A word that means "the deep peace of God." So if you say "Shalom" to someone it means "I wish you God's peace." |
| Jericho | A village in Jordan near the north end of the Dead Sea. |
| Ban of Jericho | God told the Israelites to destroy everything but take nothing for themselves from the cities they conquered, such as Jericho. |
| Idol | An image worshipped as a god. |
| Baal & Ashtarte | Deities worshiped by the ancient Semitic peoples. |
| Deities | gods and goddesses |
| Achan | The Israelite who stole some treasure of Jericho for himself. He and his family were stoned to death. He won't do that again! |
| Boaz | Ruth's husband |
| Samson | A judge of Israel who was a very strong man. |
| Ruth | Tthe great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament. |
| glean | to gather |
| Nazareth Village | A living museum about life in Jesus' time. |
| Book of Ruth | A married who married an Israelite; later she stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died. |
| Naomi | The mother-in-law of Ruth in the Old Testament. |
| Moab | A son of Lot. The Moabites are descendents from Moab. |
| David | The 2nd king of the Israelites. |
| Gentile | A Christian, not a Jew. |
| fourfold pattern | The pattern that goes with each story of a judge is this cycle: sin, disaster, repentance and deliverance. |
| Deborah | Began an Israelite war against the Canaanites. |
| Jael | Woman who helped the Israelites and killed the Canaanite general Sisera while he slept in her tent. |
| Gideon | Israelite judge who defeated a superior enemy army with just 300 men. |
| Philisitine | One of the sea peoples who invaded Canaan. |
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